Biographies

Mr. David L. McAusland serves as Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. He is a corporate advisor, lawyer and experienced corporate director and senior executive. Mr. McAusland is a partner in the law firm McCarthy Tétrault and was previously Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Alcan Inc. where he provided leadership on its worldwide mergers, growth strategies, major transactions and capital investments. Mr. McAusland currently acts as director of Cogeco Inc./ Cogeco Communications Inc., Cascades Inc., and IPL Plastics Inc. Mr. McAusland is also involved with several not-for-profit organizations and private companies. Mr. McAusland received his B.C.L. in 1976 and his LL.B. in 1977, both from McGill University.

Mr. Andrew P. Hider serves as Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. He is an experienced executive with a track record of success founded on his ability to drive business growth and operational performance in complex business environments and across multiple industries including transportation, advanced technology, instrumentation and industrial products. Most recently, Mr. Hider served as President and CEO of the Taylor Made Group, LLC, a diversified global leader in the supply of innovative products and systems for marine, transportation, agriculture and construction markets, a position he held from May 2016 through to February 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Hider served for 10 years at Danaher Corporation, a global science and technology company, initially joining Danaher as General Manager and Director of Dover and most recently serving as President of Veeder Root. Mr. Hider began his career with General Electric, serving in a number of areas over a six-year period including manufacturing, project management, procurement and finance, culminating in his appointment as General Manager of GE Tri-Remanufacturing. Mr. Hider holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Engineering and Management and a Master of Business Administration, both from Clarkson University.

Ms. Maria Perrella is Chief Financial Officer of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. She was appointed as the President of Photowatt France (PWF) in 2008. On November 8, 2011, a hearing was held at which time the French bankruptcy court placed PWF into a “recovery” proceeding (“redressement judiciaire”) under the supervision of a court appointed trustee. On February 27, 2012, a subsidiary of the EDF group, the French electricity utility, was selected by the French bankruptcy court to purchase the assets of PWF, and the entire workforce of PWF was subsequently transferred to the purchaser or offered to be transferred within the purchaser’s group. Effective March 1, 2012, the purchaser assumed control over the operations of PWF. The confirmation of a new operator for the PWF business concluded ATS’ operating support of PWF. Although a new operator has assumed the operation of the PWF assets and all employees have been (or offered to be) transferred to this new operator or within its group, the judicial liquidation process could take several years to wind-up.

Mr. Stewart Mccuaig is Corporate Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. From 2000 to 2005, Stewart McCuaig held the position of General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Syndesis Limited.

Mr. Neil D. Arnold serves Non-Executive Independent Director of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. He has over 35 years of experience in public company finance and general management. Most recently, he served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of WHX Corp., a public holding company for primary industrial businesses. He also served as Group Finance Director of Lucas Varity, PLC, a public company providing components and systems to the global aerospace and automotive industries with revenues in excess of $7 billion. Prior to that Mr. Arnold was Chief Financial Officer of Varity Corporation (previously Massey-Ferguson Ltd.). He has served as a director of Lucas Varity, and WHX Corp. At present, Mr. Arnold is a Trustee of Pembroke College Foundation of North America Inc. and a Trustee of The Summit Center Foundation, Inc., both charitable organizations. Mr. Arnold earned a B.A. in Engineering Science from Pembroke College, Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

Ms. Kirsten Lange is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. Ms. Lange, a German citizen, has 27 years of business experience in top management and in consulting, across many of the geographies ATS serves, including Germany and China. As of July 2018, Ms. Lange has taken on an interim role as CEO of the German bakery machinery producer Fritsch Holding AG. She served as a member of the Management Board of Voith Hydro from 2012 to 2016, where she was responsible for growing the Automation and Service divisions, as well as for developing new digital business models. Previous to that, Ms. Lange spent 22 years with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), based in Munich, Germany, where she worked as a Partner and Managing Director with over 100 companies in sectors such as machine and plant construction, chemicals, automotive, energy, packaged consumer goods and many more. During her time with BCG she spent two years in Shanghai, running the local office and developing the Chinese market. Since 2015 she has been a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Ms. Lange graduated from the University of Munich with a degree in Journalism and earned a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD/France.

Mr. Michael E. Martino serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. Mr. Martino is a founder and principal of Mason Capital Management LLC., an investment manager. Mr. Martino began his investment career at Oppenheimer & Company where he was responsible for risk arbitrage research; he ended his tenure at Oppenheimer as Executive Director, Risk Arbitrage. He began his business career at GE Capital Corporation where he held positions in information systems and business analysis. He was formerly a director of Spar Aerospace Limited, a publicly traded aerospace company. Mr. Martino graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in Political Science and earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Mr. Daryl C. F. Wilson serves as Non-Executive Independent Director of ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. Mr. Wilson is the President, CEO and a director of Hydrogenics Corporation, a Canadian public company and hydrogen technology provider. Prior to joining Hydrogenics, he was Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations with Royal Group Technologies and Zenon Environmental Inc. Preceding that he served on the senior management team of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. Mr. Wilson has been National Chair of the Environmental Quality Committee of the CMA. Mr. Wilson holds an MBA in Operations Management/Management Science from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and has obtained a Chartered Director designation (C. Dir.).

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